2005
169 stories reached the newsgroups in 2005.
January
- New Ultramagnetic Album
- At last, women lash out at hip-hop's abuses
- It's time to strip the 'authentic' label off rap
- The Game's house gets hot up.
February
- Snoop Dogged by Rape Allegations
- Houston Gouges Out Eye After Suicide Attempt
- Bushwick Bill comments on Houston's suicide attempt
- The Game involved in shooting incident in Compton
- Game Says No Beef With Jay-Z, Speaks On Amsterdam Comments
- Official recount of scores for MemphisRap.com Urban Music Showcase issued
- CONTEST: Lil Wyte and MTX Audio want to give you a 'NEW' Car Audio System!
- 'Hustle & Flow' sells to Paramount Pictures for a whooping $9.5 million
- Memphis "In the Industry" Resources
- Music Spotlight - Check out the Top 20 MemphisRap.com Music Charts
- Concerts, Shows & more! Check out what's going down around M Town...
- WATCH THE VIDEO: Gangsta Walk ft 8 Ball MJG & Three 6 Mafia
- Featured Reviews/Interviews This Week
- MEMPHISHONEYS.COM: "Hot and Sexy Memphis models.."
- Why do men love to look at those Big Booty music video models?
- Flavploitation?
- 50 Cent Album Leaked on Net, Early
- 50 Cent even disses The Game?
- The Game is a former stripper?
- Fighting Words - War and Hip Hop!
- Pimp Tea wins!!
March
- 50 Cent discusses Game and his approach to beef
- 50 Cent on his rivals and Jay-Z
- MCs Are Paid, Not Born
- Lil' Cease Refutes Kim's Statements, Capone Testifies
- Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do
- Rev. Al airs gangsta ban plan
- Names in the news
- Essence's Take Back the Music at Hunter College
- 50 Cent, Game call a truce
- La Chat speaks on the real story behind her, Three 6 Mafia & the Music Industry
- Memphis' Ice online magazine 'Artistic, Sexy, Edgy & More Sexy'
- Three 6 Mafia 'Choices II The Set Up' soundtrack set to release March 29, 2005
- Cassidy changes album title to I'm A Hustla
- MEMPHISRAP.COM SET TO UNVEIL "NEW AND IMPROVED" WEBSITE, ALONG WITH BETTER FEATURES
- David Banner tells DJ Boogaloo of Hot 107.1 about collab with Three 6 Mafia, 8Ball & MJG
- M.I.A. is, well, MIA due to visa troubles while entering US
- Married to the Hook: The Corporations Killed HipHop and all I got was this lousy G-Unit throwback jersey
- Rapper Lil' Kim Convicted of Perjury
- New York police have arrested rap artist Freddie Foxxx
- Will Smith disses Wendy Williams and Larry Elder
- Chuck D criticizes Flavor Flav's behavior on VH1's Strange Love
- NAS SHOOTING INCIDENT IN FULL
- McHip-hop name-drop
- Nelly's Sister Passes From Leukemia
- Famed Attorney Johnny L. Cochran Dead At 67
- McDonald's has offered to pay top hip hop artists to incorporate the 'Big Mac' into their song lyrics.
- 'Hick-hop' pioneer Troy wields a unique brand
- N.E.R.D Is back alive
April
- Major shoe companies fight over booming Asian market, use rappers to target youth
- FIRST STOP: NEW YORK CITY:Cincinnati Based DJ Is Taking The East Coast By Storm
- C-Murder Suing State Of Louisiana For New Trial
- Rapper C-Murder to change his stage name
- D12's Bizarre is stepping out on his own
- Mos Def Cancels North American Tour
- WIDOW HAS OL' DIRTY'S DNA ON ICE
- OutKast, Rosa Parks reach settlement
- Common plans "Corners" remix
- Dame Dash for president
- Sharpton helps spark heated hip-hop debate
- Sharpton's National Action Network Failed to Give Real Solutions at This Weekend's Stop The Violence In Hip Hop Music Summit
- Excerpts from his April interview with allhiphop.com
- Neighbours character feeling uk hip-hop
- KRS One and Rahzel at Rock City in Nottingham
- Public Enemy's all new Paris-produced album, "Rebirth Of A Nation," hits stores on August 9th, 2005!
- The First Lady of Streetwize: Call Her Ms. Cherry If You're Nasty
- DJ Green Lantern on leaving Shady Records
- Police arrested rapper Memphis Bleek early Thursday
- Three 6 Mafia Setup No. 3 drops 50 Cent; Mike Jones debuts at No. 1
- Bizzy Bone Gone Berserk?
May
- MemphisRap.com launches Brand New Look and Websites
- 50 Cent stays out of his own hood
- Hip-Hop: Anti-Misogyny Message
- LEGENDARY NEW YORK RAPPER CAPONE RETURNS AFTER 5-YEAR HIATUS WITH NEW ALBUM ON FASTLIFE MUSIC
- Fusion Hip-Hop Group, "Karmacy", to be Covered by New MTV Network at the Key Club in Hollywood
- Questlove interview
- Jesse Jackson Urges Blacks To Show More Self-Dignity
- Street Date for Mr Sche's 'The World Isn't Enough'
- Jiggaman recently listed today's top lyricists in an interview with DJ Envy
- 50 Cent to avoid jail time
- Wise Intelligent: Heavy Mental
- Something to Ponder-Underground vs. Mainstream-What's true to Hip Hop?
- Roc-A-Fella Records Presents Teairra Mari IN STORES JUNE 21
- Warring factions
- Billboard review of Nas album
- Urban Beats review of Nas album
- Spin review of Nas album
- Q review of Nas album
- The Source review of Nas album
- NME review of Nas album
- Man Run Over by Erratic Driver Released
- Man linked to local rapper's death slain
June
- Sheriff's deputies in Washington's King County are investigating a concertgoer's claim
- 'Loyal fan' claims he was beaten onstage at Snoop Dogg concert
- 50 discredits Game's Gangsta
- Clean-Scrubbed Peas Rap in a Phunky Groove
- TOUGHER THAN LEATHER
- The Hip-Hop Media - a World Where Crime Really Pays
- Bloods protest against snitches
- Sheek gets in The Game
- Mobb Deep and M.O.P. to appear in Olivia video
- Cee-Lo and Jazze Pha team up
- Just Blaze and MF Doom in talks to drop a collective CD
- Jay-Z makes more doe than Diddy
- Heather Hunter works with Scott Storch and DJ Premier
- Boyz In Da Hood
- Rapper Cassidy wanted for murder
- Unsigned Artists:: It's 'Yo Shot 2 Shine' with the Majors
- 'This is not about money. This is about me as a father'
- Witness Denies Linking Rapper's Death to Rival Label
- Someone @ SOHH.com forgot about Memphis
- 'Pro Flow Fa Sho Show' is searching the soul of Memphis
- Memphis "In the Industry" Resources
- Is North Mississippi On the Rise?
- Cassidy's Preliminary Hearing Postponed
- Nerdcore Hip-Hop Wins
July
- Where was Fiddy's daddy?
- Kanye's Diamonds
- I feel a major rant coming on
- That's my boyyyyeeee!!!!
- Three quick things
- Debate: What's right ... or wrong ... with hip-hop
- Lil' Kim Files Lawsuit Against Lil Cease!
- Ja Rule and two of his bodyguards are facing possible federal charges
- Kanye West claims to be Hip-Hop's most popular rapper
- Anonymous rap crew mocks Dip Set
- Timbaland's new cut
- Mixtape Awards Founder Justo Faison Dies In Car Accident
- Kanye West spits lyrics, supports Million Man March Anniversary
- Mos calls out Suge Knight
August
- Film tries to 'Hustle' us on value of street cred
- D.J.'s Fired For Comments On Disarming Police
- Kanye West on his rapping ability
- Joshua "Fahiym" Ratcliffe resigns as Editor-in-Chief of The Source
- Suge Knight Shot
- Police have difficulty getting information on Suge Knight's shooting
- Man killed in barber shop shooting
- Kanye West, Late Registration
September
- S.O.S. (Saving Our Selves) The BET Relief Telethon
- David Banner + Yummy Bingham + Chamillionaire
- WEST REVEALS RACIAL LINES IN SLANG USE
- Eminem and Insomnia and Ambien Addiction
- PORN WITH ATTITUDE
- SELLING SEX?
- WHITE MEN CAN'T RAP
- TEMPLE OF BLING
- It was Lil' Kim's Last Supper.
- Hip-hop culture is destroying society
October
- Dr. Dre, Elvis Costello join Bacharach protest album
- TRAY FROM BLOCK 1 TAKES A BITE OUT OF THE BIG "APPLE"
November
- Murder at Mac Dre's Memorial
- Waterfront Slaying Investigated; Movie Pulled; 50 Cent Responds
- Police increase vigilance at Providence Place after melee
- Taking gangsta to school
- Necro interview snippet
- Snoop to Attend Anti-Execution Rally
- Gridlock’d on the Hill
- Is UK on verge of Brithop boom?
- Who Shot Cam'ron?
- Ban 50 Cent, Liberal MP says
- Rosa Parks' legal disputes regarding her name
- French MP blames riots on rappers